Emulex 3.4 Situation Resolution Loading lpfc or lpfcdfc driver on Sles, Kernel in system log

Table 17: Emulex Driver for Linux and HBAnyware Situations (Continued)

Situation	Resolution
Loading lpfc or lpfcdfc driver on SLES 9	This message is logged by the SLES 9 kernel whenever a
reports "unsupported module, tainting	module which is not shipped with the kernel is loaded. This
kernel" in system log.	message can be ignored.
rmmod of lpfc driver hangs and module	Due to a small race condition in the kernel it is possible for an
reference count is 0.	rmmod command to hang. Issue the rmmod -wcommand. If
	this does not help, reboot the computer.
System panics when booted with a failed	Remove the failed HBA and reboot.
HBA installed.
lpfc driver unload on SLES 9 causes	These messages are normal output from the SLES 9 hotplug
messages like the following to be logged	scripts and can be safely ignored.
in the system log: "umount: /dev/disk/by-
path/pci-0000:02:04.0-scsi-0:0:1:0: not
mounted"
rmmod fails to unload driver due to	Stop HBAnyware before attempting to unload the driver. The
Device or resource busy. This message	script is located in the /usr/sbin/hbanyware directory.
occurs when you attempt to remove the	Type: ./stop_hbanyware
driver without first stopping HBAnyware,	Unmount any disks connected to the HBA. Unload the driver.
when HBAnyware is installed and running or	Type: rmmod lpfcdfc
when FC disks connected to a LightPulse	Type: rmmod lpfc
HBA are mounted.
Driver Install Fails. The lpfc-install script	The install script may fail for the following reasons:
fails to install the driver.	• A previous version of the driver is installed. Run the
	lpfc-install --uninstall script and then try to install the driver.
	• The current driver is already installed.
	• The kernel source does not match the standard kernel name
	or you are running a custom kernel.
"No module lpfc found for kernel" error	These three situations may be resolved by upgrading the
message. When upgrading the kernel, rpm	kernel. There are two ways to install the driver into an upgraded
generates the following error: "No module	kernel. The method you use depends on whether or not you are
lpfc found for kernel KERNELVERSION".	upgrading the driver.
A recently upgraded kernel cannot find	• Upgrade the kernel using the same version of the driver.
	• Upgrade the kernel using a new version of the driver.
the ramdisk. After upgrading the kernel, the	See the Installation section for these procedures.
kernel cannot find the ramdisk which halts or
panics the system.
The driver is not loaded after a system
reboot after upgrading the kernel.
Driver uninstall fails. The lpfc-install--	Try the following solutions:
uninstall script fails with an error.	• Uninstall the HBAnyware and SSC software packages. These
	can be removed by running the ./uninstall script from the
	HBAnyware installation directory.
	• Unmount all FC disk drives.
	• Unload the lpfcdfc and lpfc driver.
lpfc-install script exit code.	The lpfc-install script contains exit codes that can be useful in
	diagnosing installation problems. See the lpfc-install script for a
	complete listing of codes and definitions.

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